Originally Posted by
guadaMB
THere is ANOTHER video taken from a port window in which is clearly seen that the "storm" is INCREASING during the TO procedure.
When it begins, seems to be a "regular" rainy TO (nothing unusual in lots of places on Planet Earth) but increases once rotation begins.
Possibly metars weren't given correctly to the PIC for the TO calcs...
Just a guess.
He had a radar and eyeballs as well as thunderstorms reported.